1910s Mary Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 406 Decorative Stitches 1916 Brand_Woman's Institute Size 14 (32" Bust)

Size 14 (32" Bust)

Found in 1913 Catalog

Toddler Girls Flared Coat and Bonnet Pattern

these lessons helped thousands of women develop professional sewing and dressmaking skills during the early twentieth century

with Scalloped "apron" overskirt

1910s Mary Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 406 Decorative Stitches 1916 Brand_Woman's Institute Size 14 (32" Bust)Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Early Correspondence School Textbook 406 Embroidery and Decorative Stitches 1916 Edition This book is one of a large series of correspondence school textbooks starting in 1916 and going into the late 1920s. These fantastic sewing books were published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences founded by Mary Brooks Picken. Mary Brooks Picken was the most prolific sewing teacher and writer of all